Julia Fischer Russian Violin Concertos Yakov Kreizberg SA-CD Hybrid Sealed

Description: Julia Fischer Russian Violin Concertos Yakov Kreizberg SA-CD Hybrid Sealed. The photos form part of the description please message me if you need any further information. Free UK delivery only I use global shipping services for overseas customers and I have no control over their prices. Description This album marks the recording debut of violinist Julia Fischer as well as the beginning of her extraordinary partnership with conductor Yakov Kreizberg, resulting in numerous releases before Kreizberg's untimely death in 2011. Together, they tackle three Russian violin concertos which have been tragically overlooked, shedding new light on these masterpieces. REVIEWS From Russia with Love... Ms Fischer excels. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 December 2019 If you enjoy Russian violin concertos, it doesn't get much better than this. Julia Fischer has mastered her instrument; the technical demands of the music hold no fears for Ms Fischer. Excellent SACD sound quality from Pentatone... Very much recommended. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2017 As always flawlessly performed by Ms Fischer. Only given 4 stars simply because I don't know the Glazunov. This will change with time. Fearsome Khachaturian Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2019 Khachaturian Violin Concerto is without a doubt the stand out recording on this disc and any other. Fischer gives a full blooded account which is dramatic to the extent it has you hooked. David Oistrakh/Philharmonia Orchestra legendary version even struggles to match. The glazunov is great as well but slightly more reserved on this one. I'm not a lover of the Prokofiev concerto so i will not pass judgement on this. The sound is some of the best i have heard of any recording. Well recommended A terrific trio of fine performances Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2012 Julia Fischer is not just a musically gifted and accurate violinist, but also as a fine pianist (see her DVD including the Grieg concerto). This particular recording was made in 2004 and partners her with her regular conductor colleague of the time, Yakov Kreizberg. All three concertos are given the sort of sympathetic and technically secure performances that makes further options questionable if the program appeals. The Khachaturian starts the disc off and this is a very sparking performance full of Russian vigour and is much better recorded than previous recordings I have owned with much better balance. This applies to the whole disc and is an important consideration as it allows so much of the orchestral detail to shine through. The 'jumbo' violin soloist which afflicts so many other violin concerto recordings is thankfully absent here. In fact the superiority of the SACD format is quite clear when played through a good cinema surround sound set-up. Otherwise the stereo option is fine on its own behalf. Moving on to the Prokofiev concerto, this first concerto inhabits the mystical world to be experienced in the 3rd symphony or the similarly derived ballet and operatic works. Essentially this is very imaginative and delicate textural writing and this recording allows these considerations to fully register. The nearest alternative example of this sensitivity that I can think of is that by Mintz with a younger Abbado at the helm. That has the more normal coupling of the two Prokofiev concertos. Another good one to consider is that by Lin. Lastly there is the Glazunov concerto and again this benefits from a more orchestra-aware recording. The violin playing is also markedly more accurate in the tricky double stopping at the opening of the final movement - often a moment of doubtful tuning even from renowned violinists of considerable technical skill. Overall therefore this disc can be viewed as something of a complete winner. The only problem some might have is with potential doubling up of repertoire within a collection. However, in this case, I would suggest that any doubling will be more than compensated for by these performances which may well prove to be favourites. An Impressive Dbut Disc Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 July 2006 Although this is not the young Julia Fischer's first recording, it is the first she has done in SACD format on the PentaTone label with whom she has signed as an exclusive artist. The CD came out in late 2004, if I'm not mistaken, and she has since released the Bach Partitas and Sonatas, and most recently a disc of Mozart Violin Concerti. I gave a rave to the latter here at Amazon. I had not heard this dbut disc until recently and was, I will admit, a little concerned that she might be too 'classical' a violinist to make the most of these mostly extrovert Russian concerti. I was wrong to have any hesitation; she plays them with verve, wit, style and plenty of extroversion where needed. But she also brings to them an inwardness -- particularly in the Prokofiev First, which certainly has a veil of mystery about it -- that makes them seem fresh. In recent times the Khachaturian Concerto has to some extent fallen from favor. When I was a youth it was one of the big modern Russian concerti along with Prokofiev 2 and, late in the 1950s, the Shostakovich 1, and one heard it in concert with some regularity. Happily there has been a bit of a revival lately, in spite of the tendency of some critics and programmers to think it is rather lightweight and too much of a populist work. Whatever the drawbacks it might have, it is an extremely effective piece with plenty of Khachaturian's Armenian flavorings, lots of rhythmic interest and virtuosity galore. Fischer brings to it a musicianly concern for dynamic subtlety and nuanced phrasing along with complete mastery of the concerto's technical difficulties. She eschews the Oistrakh edition of the concerto -- he extended the first movement cadenza and cut some measures in the finale -- and uses Khachaturian's original version. This is a first-class performance of a wonderful concerto which is worth one's attention. One cannot but adore Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto. And one cannot say enough about the masterful orchestration Prokofiev provides, with harp intertwined with violin harmonics and extraordinarily plangent woodwind writing. The Russian National Orchestra, a group formed not long after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the stirrings of a new freedom in Russia, is a marvelous group. Their conductor here is Yakov Kreizberg, incidentally the brother of the probably better-known conductor Semyon Bychkov, who is making a very favorable impression these days. I've heard a number of his recent recordings and am mightily impressed with his formally clear approach that is, ironically, coupled with a really poetic sensibility. Clarity and poetry make wonderful partners in his recordings. Both Kreizberg and Fischer show us the darker side of the Prokofiev and in the process present it as the lyrical yet fierce work it is. Glazunov's concerto is a late Romantic work in one movement. It is notable for its heartfelt lyricism, gorgeous tunes, and the equality of the orchestral principals with the violin soloists. It is really more like a symphony with violin obbligato, particularly in the long and lovely andante middle section. That aspect of the work is emphasized here and one must give credit to Fischer and the recording engineers for allowing that to shine through. Fischer is more generous, even self-effacing, in this than some soloist in other recordings the concerto has had (Perlman, Heifetz) and this is to the benefit of the work's effect. (A comparable concerto, to give you some idea of what I mean, is Brahms's Second Piano Concerto where the piano is not always the spotlighted star.) This is a genial reading with Fischer's burnished tone riding above and around the contributions by the orchestra. The folksong aspects of the finale are emphasized and one is left with a kind of uplift that makes one want to start the concerto all over again. This is, make no mistake, a marvelous disc and I cannot recommend it highly enough. In addition, all three concerti are given strikingly lifelike sound. magnificent debut! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2005 This is the first recording I have found for this superb performer. Previously I have only heard her live. I am delighted she is now recording. The works sparke with youth and her interpretive abilities stretch far beyond her years. Buy this - listen - and enjoy! I have hundreds of new and used classical CDs being listed. Thanks for looking

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Artist: Julia Fischer

Record Label: Pentatone

Release Title: Julia Fischer: Russian Violin Concertos

Contributor: Julia Fischer (Violin), Russian National Orchestra (Orchestra), Yakov Kreizberg (Conductor), Aram Khachaturian (Composer), Sergei Prokofiev (Composer), Alexander Glazunov (Composer)

Type: Album

Format: SACD / Hybrid

Release Year: 2016

Language: Russian

Instrument: Violin

Style: Classical, Concerto

Features: Sealed

Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg

Genre: Classical

Run Time: 79' 24

Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

Performer Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra